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High Optical Harmonics Generation on Solid Surfaces Irradiated by Mid-IR Femtosecond Laser Pulses

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We obtained the spectra of high optical harmonics produced by subrelativistic femtosecond pulses on the surface of polystyrene, CaF2, BK7, and Al solid targets. High harmonics of up to the 51st order of radiation with central 3.85 µm wavelength were observed. The highest order harmonics were generated from the polystyrene target surface. The harmonics energy versus their numbers is shown to fit well a decaying power law with the exponent ranging from 4 to 8/3.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to Principal Investigator of the Laboratory of Photonics and Nonlinear Spectroscopy A.M. Zheltikov for supervision of the research.

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This work was supported by the Russian Science Foundation (grant nos. 22-22-00955: generation of THz radiation, 22-22-00964: generation of high harmonics).

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  1. Russian Quantum Center, 143025, Skolkovo, Moscow oblast, Russia

    A. V. Mitrofanov, M. V. Rozhko, E. E. Serebryannikov, A. B. Fedotov & D. A. Sidorov-Biryukov

  2. Faculty of Physics, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, 119992, Moscow, Russia

    A. V. Mitrofanov, M. V. Rozhko, E. E. Serebryannikov, A. B. Fedotov & D. A. Sidorov-Biryukov

  3. ILIT RAS – Branch of FSRC “Crystallography and Photonics” RAS, 140700, Shatura, Moscow oblast, Russia

    A. V. Mitrofanov

  4. National Research Center “Kurchatov Institute”, 123182, Moscow, Russia

    A. V. Mitrofanov, M. M. Nazarov & D. A. Sidorov-Biryukov

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Mitrofanov, A.V., Rozhko, M.V., Nazarov, M.M. et al. High Optical Harmonics Generation on Solid Surfaces Irradiated by Mid-IR Femtosecond Laser Pulses. J. Exp. Theor. Phys. 136, 430–435 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063776123040106

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